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New infrastructure funding -- in Waterloo Region?
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10-23-2015, 04:16 PM
(10-23-2015, 02:13 PM)Canard Wrote: We were doing 200+ km/h in 1969, actually, with Toronto-Montreal in under 4 hours.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/09/a_bri...urbotrain/

It was never a question of technology, it's all stupid politics and money. We just have to choose to do it and get on with it.

Yes, that's what I meant when I said 100mph. Wikipedia says that in scheduled service the TurboTrain was limited to 95mph, which is similar to today's max speed on the Corridor (I've measured it with GPS onboard).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAC_TurboTrain

The fastest schedule on that page was 3h59 for Toronto-Montreal. (Today's fastest schedule is 4h42; I suspect it is an issue of maintaining max speed, not attaining it). We can't actually have fast rail with all these level crossings. It's too dangerous, too.
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RE: New infrastructure funding -- in Waterloo Region? - by plam - 10-23-2015, 04:16 PM

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